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Tattoos After Trauma-Do They Have Healing Potential?

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  1. I received an email from a colleague who gave me permission to copy and paste this comment-
    ” My patient had a medically necessary pregnancy
    termination in her seventh month.In session, when conveying this traumatic experience she remembered that she felt the foot of her son on her thigh as he was still born. In the grief box given to her
    by the hospital are his footprints. The sight of these had us both weeping. Surprisingly to me she
    was to decide in session that she has wanted to
    tattoo his footprints on the back of her neck. Your blog put this decision and healing together.”
    With best regards to my colleague and her patient – I am grateful to pass it on to readers – Suzanne

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